Show backorder status on magento frontend - magento

Question

I need to show on the product page (frontend) that the current item is for backorder ONLY and is not in stock.
I have at the moment those in stock showing qty of what is available and those products on backorder doesn't show anything.
Does anyone know a code I can put in the view.phtml file that will ONLY show a message on those products set as backorder?
Thanks!
Simon.

Answer 1

To do this make sure you have enabled backorders from inventory tab.
If you are on product page then first of all retrieve product qty.
<?php
$inventory = Mage::getModel('cataloginventory/stock_item')->loadByProduct($_product);
if( (int)$inventory->getQty() == 0 && $inventory->getBackorders() )
{
// No Backorders => getBackorders() = 0
// Allow Qty Below 0 => getBackorders() = 1
// Allow Qty Below 0 and Notify Customer => getBackorders() = 2
echo "display your backordedr message";
}
?>
You can also put this code in
app\design\frontend\base\default\template\catalog\product\view\type\default.phtml file where availability message of product come from.

Answer 2

Here is the code that you need to add in view.phtml. This will show the backorder message:
$inventory = Mage::getModel('cataloginventory/stock_item')->loadByProduct($_product);
$inv_qty = (int)$inventory->getQty();
if($inventory->getBackorders() >= 0 && $inv_qty == 0)
{
echo "Your backorder message goes here";
}